v. innuere; annuere (to answer “yes” by beckoning): abnuere, renuere (to answer “no” by beckoning): signa dare nutu (to give signs by beckoning, Ov., Fast., I, 418): to beckon with the finger, innuere digito: with the head, capite nutare: with the eyes, nictare, signa dare nutu oculisque (Ov.): to beckon silence, manu poscere silentium; nutu jubere silentium fieri (Cic., De Div, 1, 28, 59): to beckon a person to one, nutu aliquem ad se vocare.